The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-08-28
helange.

Beth little and tall,
but shsn like Hymen the best"
Boston Budget.
Melange.
A wise and benevolent professor hiss
concluded that the adjective is an
abused and neglected part OF speech,
that while Eve hundred are subjec! to
the call Of lingulsts, only half q dos,n
are In actual uBe. Sentences are very
much like ladies dresses, they need
trimmings and additions, and the nd.
jsctlves furnish this necessary orna
nent. This slaid old professor must
have been reading some Of the terse
speeches OF our Indian neiahboIs. as
witness the recent reply Of the Ute
Chief Uolorow: "Wsnt TO see big
white men; won't talk &c cowboy
white; want little; fight soldiers;
must 20 back or have little fight"
ThsTe is not only necessity for adj sct.
ives, but several other parts Of speech
are wanting TO these red skinned
brethren and yet In their native tongue
no nation can outsival them In oIns
mental language. However, II We
have 10 follow the professors advice,
we'll have TO follow the society url
who generally do,es on sd sctives, she
hns only few, but she doubles them up
20 that they become highly ornam entail
and enrich her sentences. She never
admits that she had "lovely time"
or "sn elegant time" but rolls out
with great volubility and Improvement
that she had perfectly lovely, ele-
CANT time"
A iorelGn correspondent writing
from london, after various COMPARE
sons between American and English
women. In which both the style and
beas.y Of he former are admitted 10
b. superior 10 the ixiier. evidssiiy
fnSs no good In Nt uelh." He
states that In EaslAnd there can be
found more ugly old women than In
mos, any other country. American
women grov old grsoeiully and pref
tly; he soit, snowy white bal, Of our
elderly women 10 never found In
Raslsbd-there II assumes Q hsrsh and
griulsd sppesrsEes, a. " trouble aud
care had been the lot Of the uniortu.
nate people. There the women tske
more pains 10 conceal their age, and
they car never appear In decollette
costumes worn by come Of our Older
lsdiee. This brings to mind an anus
Ing story 81 an old Scotch dowsgeI
Who, Intending 10 srp..s =. one Of .he
Qaesn's drawing rooms, was opposed
10 exposing herself In the cold air In
loE nsck Dies, ~ required by court
etlsustte Bat a. attendance could
b. only on this condition, she arpsared
In the eosvs1.i1nAl dsess, bat her an.
Ru'A' ahonldan and long arms we're
eovarsd with h gh n6cked merlno IN.
deTEta Whil5 the Queen wa.
ahocsef, lho Pdnos' OF Wales com.
mended the old lady'e displAy VI good
eun0o.
To old ladies has been attributed the
intio6ue Ion Of the v shaped waists
that are nov de- iIsour at evening On.
tertainmsn's. Inslead Of exposing
nsch Of the shoulders and boeom, "A
Win TIE low, fquAie cut bolioes, the
exposure n nov transferred 10 the
bach, and nobody minds one gfs ne
n the pretty contours q the eh al.
ien. No doubt Mi the * stishas" oi
society are glad Of an opportunity ioi
display log the "leit elbow" and won.
dsiful shoulder b'aie."
The only people who arc really su
pers,iiitu', II has been supposed. wers
old women aud calorsd people, bul
xbAi Q mistake this IL. Inquiry, nc
doobl, will show that every tenth per
soa one meets has some little pet su
peislition that he Ia 90 partial 10 as ts
last years BIaw hat No one has
imagined that the young, gay aud
daehing society Rlrl has any 81 thess
oid.tashioned notions; yet u IL an ex
oep,iou rather than rule. that you car
hnd them Wit out them. A friend O
nine will never use any other color o.
vtx than white In sealing letters, al
other colors having some evil signifi
canoe. Another ons believes In ali Oh,
signs OF atne,zi With 40 milne hins
oonviction, and any tins alter suess q
ous can hear her repeating 10 hersel
the rhyme which runs as f1llows,
snesss on Mondsy, snss,, for danger
% isesdAy, f.fs sif.hssrI
% wednesday, for letter.
% LbuTsday, for something bettstI
On FRIDAY, Tor yout sorrow
On Saturday, company tomouow.
You will nols no provision is mad,
iof sastEs on Sunday. This " ba
cause this rhyme was made In a.,
good old times, when people we're no
GnppOssd 10 be 90 wick A a. TO anssr
Oh that day. Meet rirs manage 4
work up onotIe Tor SundAy, anyhow
a. the pfomhe Tor sunday Is very en-
oouragipg.
Some close observer has discovers
that slrb who play tennis a grea, dos
have 4 sioop In the right shoulder.
heavy, muscular right arm, while IN
lei Is email aud undevolopOd And
be had made further investigation b
might have found tina, girls who pls
,onBis are stronger, more healthy an
can epduro more fatigue than the
lily white eisteu who do not induls
Thee obsefvat'cus no doubt wei
msdo by homo party ignorant a N
game, sho watched i,U progress ao
wns unable 10 see tho point, as = no,
slnds OF Others strange 10 iis fac in
tiors. He hsd no mbrs idea wha
"love.thiriy" ~ "deurc" meant iha
be had Of the planet Jupiter oa
might have ali he baseball lore q, nj
finger tps, yet lot have The ialnte,
concerton oil tennls. Glfln ara moi /
be mitled by these wild remarha OF
casual observer lie might a. we
inform them thst dancing makes In